As the nurse passing by caught the scene and hurried over, attempting to defuse the escalating situation, Listina lashed out with

fists and feet, her gaze locking onto Carol with the venom of a viper.

Carol felt a chill crawl up her spine at that piercing stare. Her lips pressed as she glanced at her own bleeding arm. This woman

was truly unhinged, to mark her so deliberately.

"Carol, you wench! What are you so smug about? What are you flaunting? Felix is mine, you hear me? Mine! We've known each

other for years, and I know him better than anyone. Just you wait, you'll get what's coming to you!"

Carol felt her own anger boiling over, her cheeks flushing red.

"Do you even realize the surgeon who operated on you was hired by me? The copay for your surgery was covered by me. Even just

for those two things, you ought to show sgratitude."

"What? Did I beg you for help? Or are you just playing the martyr? You deserve everything you get. I won't thank you. You owe me,

and lettell you, one day you'll be payinga whole lot more. The Millers are all the same; not a decent one among you!"

With that, Carol's hand swung out, connecting with a sharp slap to Listina's face.

Listina's pupils contracted in disbelief as she touched her cheek, "You dared to hit me?"

her mouth a tight line, "Yes, I hit you.

Felix right now. He needs to see just

called Felix right away; before it got through, she gazed

my

family ever had."

connected; she

me; you need to cto the hospital right now. She's gone mad. Felix,

“Listina?”

me,

“Okay.”

a cold wave wash over her as something flickered through

uncatchable.

with alarming speed, less than twenty minutes, suggesting he'd been on

even before Listina's call.

out of the elevator to find Listina and Carol still at odds, surrounded by a gaggle of nurses who had gathered to

. His brow furrowed, voice a bit grim, "What's

herself into his arms, clutching at his waist, "I just said a few words, and

mean it, but how could she

proof of Carol's force. But since Listina had

making Listina look even

in Felix's embrace made Carol uncomfortable. Even if they were

away; instead, he turned his gaze to Carol,

momentarily speechless. Anger quickly filled her thoughts, and

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